Sometimes I think about how this period of time will be discussed in future political science and history classes. A THREAD
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I expect courses will look into what caused this movement. Among the reasons is the fact that politicians in the GOP *AND* Democratic Party have accepted PAC and lobby $$ and prioritized that over the best interests of the humans they sought to represent.
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I mean can you imagine voting FOR war after taking defense contractor money? Voting against common sense gun safety because you get NRA money? Being complicit with gentrification and homelessness because you take big real estate money?
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Now imagine the next lesson of that class is about the action that changed how our politics work. Representatives represented people, not profit, because the people united, voted, and protested the status quo. People said enough is enough. That lesson would be about YOUR actions.
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It'll be similar to the way we look at the great depression. A vague understanding of what was really going on because of the mainstream economic & political influences that have distorted history to maintain dominance over society. At some point in time we will compromise again.
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Only solid information theyll have that is not distorted we be real material things we created with the movement, like New technology & single payer health. The intricacies of the movement will be lost 2 history. But, if we improve things, they'll lead movements that achieve more
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Yes yes yes!!
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History is written by the winners. No point in prognosticating when we should be fighting.
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In effect, politicians being bought by corporate lobbyists. That also happened in a big way during the original Gilded Age, in the late 19th cy.https://www.history.com/news/gilded-age-corruption-corporate-wealth …
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